Robertson Heads New Game Conservation Committee
Rep. Robertson of Lexington, a former Virginia game official, to chair a special fact finding committee on wildlife conservation. The panel, created by his resolution, will operate through January 1935 and coordinate federal forest, park, fish, and sealing policies without direct legislation.
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Washington
Robertson
Lexington
Virginia
Game and Inland Fisheries
Rainey
Congress
Bland
Newport News
House Fisheries Committee
Conservation
Senate
Byrd
Roosevelt
Special Committee On Wildlife Conservation
Brown linked to silent stock deal in postmaster general era
Testimony before the Senate air mail committee states Walter F. Brown, former postmaster general, was a silent partner in a million-dollar stock account linked to Joseph H. Bagley and a brokerage operated in Bagley’s name. Bagley’s secretary says Brown was in the office during 1929 and 1930 as the joint stock operations ran. The revelation followed sharp questions to Postmaster General Farley about a Texas plane trip.
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Washington
Walter F. Brown
Joseph H. Bagley
Senate Air Mail
G. M. P. Murphy and Company
Alfred W. Moran
Bagley
Moran
L. B. Peters
Brown
James A. Farley
Austin
Texas
The
Aviation Corporation
Farley
Second ship of Byrd’s expedition reaches Bay
Report notes the Bear of Oakland is three and a half days from the Bay of Whales after a fast run from Dunedin. The flotilla faced moving ice floes and a widening crack as Pressure Camp worked to unload stores and men endured scant food while maintaining wireless contact with Little America.
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Byrd
Little America
Bear of
Oakland
Bay of Whales
Dunedin
Antarctic
Fish Mascots Gate Temple Fertility Tradition
Ancient Chaldeans placed fish mascots around temple precincts dedicated to the God of Running Water to seek fertility for their fields. The symbol of the fish represented prosperity and ensured blessings on crops.
Stock Market Opens Cautiously After Boom Day
New York stock trading slows as profit taking rises and volume drops. Washington signals possible federal regulation of speculators while margins remain heavy and buying of stocks and bonds appears outright. The pound opens in London at 4.992 and call money returns to 1 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Stock Exchange
Washington
Congress
Commission
London
Virginia House Cuts Liquor Board Salaries to Five Thousand
The Virginia House reduced liquor board member salaries to 5000 each after a heated debate. Delegates argued over governance, with Page pushing for 5000 while Dovell warned the governor would be constrained. Amendments to limit other business interests failed and rulings must be posted at dispensaries.
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Dan Coleman
Coleman
Collings
Newport News
Highway Commission
Moffat
Portsmouth
Page
Hall
Virginia
Chicago Wheat Prices in Chicago Baltimore Markets
Closing quotations today show Chicago May at 91 and July at 90 with September at 9142. Baltimore Spot wheat quotes at 98 percent while Winchester Spot wheat stands at 95 percent.
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Chicago
Baltimore
the Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Sticker Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Water guidance by thirsty comets in the desert
The piece notes thirsty comets in arid regions can instinctively pose for water and, when unrestrained, guide lost caravans to oases more than 100 miles distant.
House Ways and Means Rebukes Sales Tax Plan
The House Ways and Means Committee rebuffed a 2percent manufacturing sales tax proposal to bolster the treasury. Hugh S Johnson urged tougher code enforcement for the NRA while hearings on securities taxes were held. Jefferson Caffery won Senate approval to become ambassador to Cuba as Greece announced Samuel Insull’s expulsion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Treasury
House
Ways and Means Committee
Roosevelt
National Emergency Council
Crowther
Hugh S. Johnson
Emergency Council
Jefferson Caffery
Louisiana
Senate
Cuba
State Department
Athens
Samuel Insull
Greece
Gifford
Massachusetts
Civil Works Administration
Weaver Measures to Halt Tax Raise Stir Senate Debate
Senate finance committee members Garrett Holt and Lesner voiced opposition to the administration tax bill during a tense session. Senator Weaver urged restraint on new taxes while Sen Layman warned the resolution could hinder deficit relief. A House panel advanced a land purchase bill for schools while other committees took no action on banking statutes and thrift measures. A session in Williamsburg on February 24 and Roosevelt birthday tributes were approved.
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Garrett
Senate Finance Committee
Staples
Finance Committee
Holt
Lesner
Veterans of the Assembly
Weaver
Senate
Layman
Craig
House Committee On Schools and Institutions of Higher Learning
House Banking Committee
House Committee On
English
Richmond
Hastings Court
Colonial
Williamsburg
Roosevelt
Blue Laws Debated in Virginia House Hearing
Richmond Va January 30 Public hearing before the House committee on moral and social welfare saw proposals to loosen Sunday blue laws for local governing bodies to permit Sunday amusements. Delegates McMurran and English sponsored measures as Rev W S Deverle of Richmond led opposition.
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Richmond
House Committee On Moral and Social Welfare
McMurran
Portsmouth
English
Virginia
W. S. Deverle
Safety Broadcast Set For Tomorrow At 1 30
Dr. Frederick W. Fletcher head of Red Cross CWA first aid training schools announced a safety broadcast on WJSV after noon tomorrow at 1 30 oclock. First aid schools chapter members CWA officials and employees are urged to listen for important information.
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Frederick W. Fletcher
Red Cross C. W. A
First Aid Training Schools
WJSV
Bill Terry Receives Virginia General Assembly Reception
Richmond Jan. 30 The New York Giants manager known as Memphis Bill Terry was added to the Virginia General Assembly’s restricted roster of honored figures. Terry entered quietly, sat on the speaker’s steps, and autograph-seekers prompted a recess as he was acknowledged by lawmakers. He joked about salaries while the session discussed the liquor commission, noting his New York Giants salary of 30000 annually.
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Bill Terry
New York Giants
Giants
Maitland Bustard
Danville
Dovell
Vivian Page
Norfolk
Bustard
W. Stuart Moffett
Staunton
Page
Virginia
Richmond
Memphis
Terry
Cay
General Assembly of Virginia
King Edward
England
Prince of Wales
Ak A. Lindbergh
Wood Wilson
Marshal Foch
France
Nancy Astor
State Liquor Control Commission
William Bullitt Fitzhugh
Patrick Henry
Dillinger Guns Seized In Arizona Raid
Justice of the Peace C. V. Budlong set bond at 100000 dollars to ensure no release of the seized men after a raid in Tucson where the suspects had been living. The report notes the bond record for Arizona.
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Dillinger
Dences
Tucson
Inset
Justice of the Peace
C. V. Budlong
Pima County
Arizona
John Belton
Teft
C. A. Wollard
Ariz
John Dillinger
Desperado
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Sen. Robertson
Game
Liquor Board
Page One Burg
Morrison
Control Board
Daniel Coleman
Noan Numskuri
Noah
Nernon Porter Wadsworth
Ohio
Akron
Onio
Ned Alexander
Wluden
Spot” Rutherford
Tiggie Turner
Tiggie
Viola Norman
Ethel M. Dell
Adolph Jaeckle
Elizabeth, N. J
Hattie Ritter
Highland Avenue
Green
Ivory
Chest of Drawers
Bargain Hunters
Axminster
Winchester Furniture Co
South Main St
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